Sentences with phrase «pressed along partisan lines»

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The hearing quickly divided along partisan lines, Democrats pressing for details on the status of the FBI's investigation while Republicans focused on news coverage and possible improper disclosures of classified information developed through surveillance.

Wolf's comments quickly opened a divide, largely but not entirely along partisan lines, over the limits of comedy and comity under a president who rarely hesitates to attack the press.

Leutkemeyer said in a press release that his amendment, which passed 244 to 179 largely along partisan lines, represented «a victory for taxpayers.»